Following the outbreak of deadly bird flu in French poultry last week, fears are growing for the Gallic Rooster, a major part of the nation's cultural identity.
A dead cat on the German island of Rügen tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, authorities announced yesterday, raising fears that the disease could become capable of spreading between mammals.
From red tide to cat feces, experts are painting a new picture of marine contaminants that shows some surprising health connections between land and sea.
The facial tumors that could destroy Australia's Tasmanian devils is spread by bites, scientists say—the first known instance of cancer spreading this way.
An ancient medical mystery—the cause of a plague that wracked Athens around 430 B.C. and contributed to its fall—has been solved by DNA analysis, researchers say.
Olympic athletes hoping to win men's curling medals tomorrow can go to the games a tad wiser now that physicists may have solved one of the sport's biggest mysteries.
In the search for other habitable planets, scientists are narrowing down the list of stars in our galaxy that might have what it takes to support life in their orbit.
Rumors of twins have been swirling around a certain heavenly body lately (hint: we're not talking about Angelina Jolie). Now the truth can be revealed.
